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Veteran actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday launched his political party and the party Flag at Othakadai in Madurai among a sea of supporters. Haasan’s party is named Makkal Needhi Maiam which in Tamil means ‘Centre for People’s justice’.
Kamal Haasan hoisted and unveiled the party flag -three in red and three in white - joined together around a star on a white background.
Haasan was joined by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leader and former Delhi Minister Somnath Bharti who is the...

Weddings never fail in providing ladies with a chance to pamper themselves and get all decked up in pretty dresses to flaunt among their family and friends. With every girl going for dark colours lately, Bollywood beauties defied the trends and nailed white outfits at Mohit Marwah's wedding.
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Created by ace designer Manish Malhotra, Karisma Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor and Kiara Advani were looking...

Marvel's latest presentation 'Black Panther' is breaking box-office records all around the globe with the grown-up superhero action and earth-shattering entertainment. However, the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) couldn't refrain themselves from adding an unnecessary beep to the Ryan Coogler directorial.
If reports are to be believed, Censor Board has bleeped the "Glory to Hanuman!" statement uttered by Black Panther's rival M'Baku during his tribal pray. While the mention of an...

Out of 53,000 cyber attacks in India, 40% of them were focused on the financial sector in 2017. This statistic puts us in the seventh spot in the list of targeted countries in Web Application Attacks, according to a report from Akamai Technologies.
Phishing, website intrusions and defacements, virus and ransomware were some of the security incidents targeted the Banking, Financial services and Insurances (BFSI) sector in India.
Akamai Technologies, who made this report, claimed the key motive of...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina advised India not to worry about Dhaka’s growing ties with China. Interacting with a delegation of visiting Indian journalists at her official residence on Tuesday, she said Bangladesh's relations with Beijing are being extended only for the development of the country.
“I will rather suggest India should have good relations with its neighbours, including Bangladesh, so this region could be developed further and we can show the world that we all work together,”...

The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, on Wednesday, said he expects the divestment process of public carrier Air India to be completed within a year. "We hope that by the end of the year we will be able to finish the divestments," the minister said, adding: "Government has given us Air India specific alternate mechanism (for disinvestment)... which is headed by the Finance Minister. I am also a member of it to guide the whole process." On February 2, Minister of State for Civil...

NASA Wants To Alter DNA Of Astronauts Headed To Mars In The 2030s, Know Why

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October 10 , 2017 , 18:02 IST

Now that man has successfully reached the moon, established an International Space Station and sent nearly 3,700 satellites into Space, the next frontier to be explored is by landing man on Mars, a project which may have further complications than what we may have imagined.

Apart from the challenges in technology and the concerns on how humans would psychologically adapt to living away from earth for extended periods of time, astronauts would likely be bombarded with particle radiation in Space, which the Earth's magnetic field protects us from.

NASA is reportedly considering various measures to protect the astronauts journeying to Mars in the 2030s, including possibly altering the DNA of the astronauts to make them more resilient to cancerous space radiation.

In space, there is particle radiation with enough energy to collide with the nuclei of the atoms making up shielding and human tissue, which would then allow new particles and other radiation to enter the human DNA, resulting in diseases like cancer and dementia. Such radiation is blocked by the Earth's magnetic field, but as the astronauts would spend extended periods of time far away from the Earth, the possible damage cannot yet be gauged.

While other methods of protection such as armoured suits, shielded plating and electromagnetic force fields are being considered, they are unlikely to be useful practically.

NASA is considering options of altering the DNA of astronauts that would be going to Mars in 2030s. By means of epigenetic modifications, NASA scientists are looking for a way to alter the way genes are read by the body without changing the actual DNA code of the individual.

Using epigenetic modifications, NASA scientists would be able to enhance the genetic instructions on one gene or mute another. By manipulating the genes, the scientists can prevent radiation-related illnesses from developing as well as boost the body's defences against radiation.

Another technique in the development phase is the use of NMN which has shown to rejuvenate elderly mice in laboratory tests.

Apart from preparing the astronauts, NASA is also considering to send along with the astronauts an artificial intelligence programme that would be able to diagnose diseases and perform robotic surgery in space itself.